EZ PEAZY Rotate

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mosscow
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EZ PEAZY Rotate

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Hi There,

I'm rotating a circular, vector spoke in a circle, over and over throughout the entire scene. What I've done is emulate the spokes on a cassette as seen here:

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Each "spoke" is a vector layer, and I've been able to create segments of rotation by advancing forward some frames and setting the keyframe Z rotation to -90:

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This works, but only for the amount of key frames I've moved forward. How do I repeat this cycle over and over without creating keyframes every 100 frames or so?

Thanks!
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lwaxana
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Post by lwaxana »

You can cycle the animation. Just right click on the last rotation keyframe, select cycle, then enter which frame you want to act as the beginning of the cycle.
mosscow
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Post by mosscow »

lwaxana wrote:You can cycle the animation. Just right click on the last rotation keyframe, select cycle, then enter which frame you want to act as the beginning of the cycle.
Awesome. I couldn't figure out why it would slowly start and stop, but I took it off "smooth" and set it to linear, and now it's beautiful and consistent.

Wondeful. Thanks lwaxana!
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